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Could the flames of war rules be adapted to this battle? Is there any chance battlefront will?

well i guess with some thought you could but i don't see flames of war doing it unless it has enough special stuff for them to make money with. i am not familiar with said event so not sure what units would be involved but look at the other splinter era's, great war, Arab Israeli, Vietnam. personaly i can see flames of war being used for a number of era's and battle's as long as you think it through carefully. the only thing is balancing it.

With respect, I don't think the Easter Rising was really 'big' enough or the right 'style' to go with company-level rules, seeing as it was a civilian insurrection, and especially if FoW is specifically tailored to combined arms (that is, infantry and tanks). Maybe you could try something with their WWI rules, though I think you might be better off with something more infantry-centric, and personally I don't rate FoW rules overly highly anyway.

As for Battlefront catering for it, doubtful if there's no tanks to sell for parking...

You could try asking on the more general Historicals board here. It's possible that you might even find that there's an obscure set of rules floating about that specifically deals with the Easter Rising. One thing that springs to mind is Osprey's A World Aflame, which is admittedly a bit less specific than that, but this newish series of self-contained wargame books by Osprey is generally pretty solid and popular. You'll also see mention of the 'Very British Civil War' theme, which, despite being a light-hearted 'what if' set twenty years later, has it's own books and rules, and should be reasonably adaptable. (I see a WWI board on the VBCW forums)

Not enough tanks for Battlefront to sell, and not large enough in regards to battle for Flames of War style basing and mechanics.

I'd take Vermis' advice and check out either the Historical boards here or over at TMP. I'd imagine you could find a good amount of stuff for the Easter Rebellion, probably 28mm skirmish.

I think i would try one of the 20mm ruleset. BAttlegroup maybe even a modded version of bolt action.

How FoW handle the old ladies queing at the GPO for their pensions?

We use Force on Force for ICW and IWI skirmishes.


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I cant find force on force anywhere.Whats they're site called? It seems perfect..other then being impossible to find.

http://www.ospreypublishing.com/force_on_force/

What company makes models?and can I get Eamon De Valera and Liam Neeson/Micheal Collins?

 infinite_array wrote:

I'd take Vermis' advice and check out either the Historical boards here or over at TMP.

While I'm loath to recommend Uncle Bill's personality cult, I'll admit a lot of info can be gleaned there. Here's a couple of links for starters:

http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=192566
http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=189074

That shows that Musketeer Miniatures might have some suitable minis, but...

A World Aflame by Osprey may be suitable.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/World-Aflame-Interwar-Wargame-Wargames/dp/1849086826

My gaming club use a modified version of this to play VBCW.

Bolt Action could probably be used as well.

The Easter Rising seems like it wouldn't be a very good scenario for a wargame, as one side would be pretty much doomed from the outset!

Still, could be fun to model up some forces, though finding models to represent the antagonists would be a little difficult I'd imagine.

 Da Boss wrote:
The Easter Rising seems like it wouldn't be a very good scenario for a wargame, as one side would be pretty much doomed from the outset!

Still, could be fun to model up some forces, though finding models to represent the antagonists would be a little difficult I'd imagine.

I dont think british models would be hard to get.

Have an exalt.

 Vermis wrote:


Have an exalt.

I will defend my countries honour with HUMOUR .and pride.And bullets.mostly the last one with Irelands past.

Aye, I didn't think WW1 brits would be hard to find. But Irish irregulars might be harder.

Some of the Empress SCW militia models would be suitable.

Or buy the old Musketeer range of Irish Volunteers, there is anither company who do ICW and IWI in 28mm but the name escapes me at the moment.

Actually, proper British are harder to find as they werent in helmets and mist wore greatcoats. But Mutton Chop do lovely ones.

In 20mm, you have various options including Liberations IWI range.

Musketeer minis are back under a new banner.

Hi All
Footsore Miniatures are happy to announce the launch of our new website. The new website now has all the old Musketeer Miniature ranges included in the store which, judging from the emails, a lot of you are keen on being able to purchase again. The new website can be found here
www.footsoreminiatures.co.uk

All ranges are available from our UK factory as of from now. Our US factory will have all ranges available by the end of January when we finish making all the production molds. That said, the original Footsore ranges (Dark Age Irish, Late Saxons, Skraelings and FPW), are all available direct from the US factory now.
The new website incorporates an articles section which we will be using to add hobby tips, news and additional ramblings for your amusement.
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Link in the quote is acting up a bit. Does this work better?

Perfect!But where can I get 28mm brit artillery?force vs force and footsore miniatures seems to be the way to go.